Kailani

Kailani is a Deerfoot 63 designed by Steve Dashew and built by Salthouse Brothers in New Zealand in 1990. With a waterline of 60' she is fast as well as sea kindly and safe. She has spent her life under four previous owners in the Caribbean, the Great Lakes and east coast of the USA and the Med where her current owners purchased her in 2010. She is now home to Harley, Jennifer and daughter Sophia.

For detailed blogs and photos see our website www.LaughterJourney.com

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Posted: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 - 20:30

On the dock, La Caudan Marina, Port Louis, Mauritius. The wind resumed last night, filling in from the west, which meant our plan to anchor off of Port Louis until sunrise was void. It is a very

Posted: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 - 18:09

118 nm to Mauritius. Well, last night at o-dark-thirty, with 190 nm to go to Mauritius, the wind died. About 24 hours sooner than anticipated in the gribs, but that's how it goes. We have been

Posted: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 - 18:18

309 nm to Mauritius. A long night of squall on squall wind shifts, we saw lots of rain and winds sustained at 38kts for a while. We have been pushed a little west of our rhumbline so will be

Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 18:15

516 nm to Mauritius. Waiting for the wind to back a little which should happen sometime this afternoon. Last 12 hours has been a bucking bronco ride into the seas but thankfully squall free

Posted: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 - 18:18

708 nm to Mauritius. Wind has veered and strengthened, making it more of close reach, with all of its "sporty" riding aspects in play .. . May put in a 2nd reef if the wind keeps up to prioritize

Posted: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 - 18:06

884 nm to Mauritius. A beam reach ... sailor's dream. Seas are less confused so the ride is pretty comfortable. Dare we say that? We are still maintaining a shortened sail plan (1st reef main +

Posted: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 - 19:06

1070 nm to Port Louis in Mauritius. Close reaching through a slightly confused sea with a southerly 2m swell and SE wind waves which makes our motion a bit uncomfortable. We shortened sail last night

Posted: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 - 15:45

Trying to optimize our wx window, we have delayed a couple days from our planned departure of Thursday. However, the time has come, so today in 3 hours we will up anchor and exit the lagoon on the

Posted: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 - 21:15

At anchor Ile Boddam, Salomon Islands, Chagos Archipelago. The beauty of this place is certainly in its isolation. We have now been here two weeks, getting to know the "rhythm of the reef", so to

Posted: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 - 16:18

At anchor Ile Fouquet, Salomon Islands, Chagos Archipelago. Since arriving we have had mostly rainy, windy, cloudy weather, with the occasional side of sunshine. We have taken full advantage of any

Posted: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 - 23:12

At anchor Ile Fouquet, Salomon Islands, Chagos Archipelago. At last ... Yesterday when we wrote we talked about needing to slow down to make it here in the daylight hours ... well Mother Nature

Posted: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 - 17:42

120 nm to Chagos. This morning we furled our jib without event and are sailing with the single reefed main hard on the wind to Chagos. Wind is supposed to lighten, but if not we will have to

Posted: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - 17:33

305 nm to Chagos. We are surfing our way down the waves with a steady 20kt SE wind that settled in around midnight last night. The previous 56 hours or so of squalls, wind shifts, wind speeds

Posted: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 - 17:51

512 nm to Chagos. Yesterday afternoon for a brief bit we saw a small blue hole in the otherwise grey and dismal sky - a fleeting glance of sunshine ... Not to last though, as we have had almost

Posted: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 - 17:54

693 nm to Chagos. A long night of constant wind-sucking squalls made for s slow night of sailing, with us driving around in circles to keep the main and jib full. We spent a lot of time with a NE

Posted: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 - 18:30

872 nm to Chagos. We are riding the top edge of the southern ocean high below us, and have a low that has developed to the north of us, feeding the winds (otherwise known as a "squash zone"). The

Posted: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 - 18:15

1080 nm to Chagos. Still poled out wing and wing on port tack, making our DDW run much more on the rhumbline. Last night was a long rough one constant rain and squalls, with winds gusting to 35kts

Posted: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 - 19:51

1254 nm to Chagos. This morning at 0900 we modified the sails to turn and go DDW - at first a great 9.5 kt ride directly on the rhumbline ... alas, that only lasted for about 30 mins. Many many

Posted: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 - 19:18

1379 nm to Chagos. Yesterday afternoon a commercial airplane dropped down and buzzed our mast - then flew off, banked left and up ... weird! We suppose it might have been the air freight plane

Posted: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 - 16:51

1436 nm to Chagos. With all requisite repairs done to Kailani, we were ready to leave Cocos ... we further delayed departure for a few more days however due to a gorgeous change in weather and the

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